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NSS 12 Ethiosat is Ethiopia’s first dedicated free-to-air TV platform hosted on SES’s NSS-12 satellite.
Ethiosat was launched in October 2019 as a result of an agreement among the Ethiopian Media Authority, Ethiopian Space Science, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters, and SES to consolidate Ethiopian TV channels at one orbital position.
SES’s Ethiosat platform at the 57 degrees East orbital position delivers content to 17 million TV households in Ethiopia.
Ethiosat is hosted on SES’s NSS-12 satellite at the 57 degrees East orbital position.
SES provides Ethiosat service continuity from its prime orbital position at 57 degrees East.
SES plans to spend around $3,000,000,000 of cash in its proposed acquisition of Intelsat.
SES and Intelsat have a combined revenue of around $4,100,000,000 following their announced merger.
The press release announcing the QVC and SES agreements was issued from Luxembourg on 7 May 2024.
Between SES’s 19.2 degrees East and 28.2/28.5 degrees East video neighbourhoods, SES reaches 177 million TV households.
SES will launch the ASTRA 1P satellite later in 2024 to reinforce the 19.2 degrees East video neighbourhood.
At Closing, SES will issue transferable contingent value rights (CVRs) to Intelsat entitling the holders to 42.5% of net proceeds from any future monetisation of up to 100 MHz of the combined company’s C-Band downlink spectrum at 3.98–4.2 GHz.
SES’s Medium Earth Orbit satellites operate at an altitude of 8,0 m above the Earth’s surface.
SES repaid its €550 million hybrid bond with cash in January 2024, reducing SES gross debt to €3.6 billion.
SES operates satellites in both geostationary and Medium Earth Orbit constellations.
SES’s MEO connectivity will provide low-latency, high-throughput service to the population of the city of Leticia to improve access to educational and governmental services.
INRED and SES expanded their collaboration on 6 May 2024 to support the Colombian government’s efforts to connect remote locations under the Amazonas Digital initiative.
Remaining expected U.S. C-band clearing cost reimbursements as of 31 December 2023 were approximately €410 million for SES and approximately €435 million for Intelsat.
SES reported gross debt of €4.2 billion on 31 December 2023, including a €550 million hybrid bond payable in January 2024 and a €625 million hybrid bond.
INRED and SES will deliver high-throughput connectivity services via SES’s MEO satellites to thousands of inhabitants in the department of Amazonas, Colombia.
SES has debt maturities of €150 million in 2024 and €250 million in 2025.